Arts & Culture

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A Movable Metal Menagerie

Werks Gallery hosts intricate, interactive animal sculptures hewn from spare parts.

07/20/2011 By Anne Adams

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My Mind Is Like an Open Meadow

See for yourself: it’s as stunning as everyone says.

07/18/2011 By Anne Adams

promo pile gold

Jay Clarke’s Instrumental Impulses

The man who plays with Dolorean and Grails and records as "Ash Black Bufflo," waxes philosophical about an epic record that took him 5 years to make.

07/18/2011 By Anne Adams

gallery review

Slideshow: July Gallery Goods

A poignant comment on Lady Liberty, art nouveau made new again, and a water-snake lies in wait.

07/11/2011 By Anne Adams

Festival Photos

Slideshow: Mississippi Street Fair

Eats, arts, and musical mayhem

07/11/2011 By Griffin Funk

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Slideshow: July Gallery Goods

07/11/2011

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Slideshow: First Thursday

07/07/2011

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Slideshow: First Thursday

Twinkling buildings, boxing-gloved broads, and a man in a shipping crate.

07/07/2011 By Anne Adams

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Preview: Box Shipment #2

Artist examining trauma travels more than 2,000 miles locked in a crate that couldn’t hold your refrigerator.

07/07/2011 By Daniel Mollet

blues news

Slideshow: Waterfront Blues Festival

125 performances, 4 days, and $726,000 raised, "because no one should be hungry."

07/06/2011 By Griffin Funk

broadway

Review: Mary Poppins

5 magic moments, 5 child-pleasers…and a caution to Poppins purists.

07/03/2011 By Anne Adams

news flash

Casting for a Wild Flag Video & Portlandia

Carrie Brownstein (possibly) wants you.

07/01/2011 By Anne Adams

Culturephile

Farm to Stage

In a St. Johns backyard, a homegrown version of Japanese dance takes root.

06/29/2011 By Anne Adams

Long story [short]

The Champion

Tucker McClaran, 14

06/29/2011 By Rachel Ritchie

Mudroom

Do This Now! July 2011

This month it's all about blues, bikes, Bastille Day, and—Katy Perry?

06/29/2011

Mudroom

Fantasy Mayor 2012

Perhaps the perfect Portland mayor can be found among the pages of history.

06/29/2011 By Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Scene & Heard: Ghost Hunters

Scaring up ghosts is not as easy as it looks.

06/29/2011 By Sarah Mirk